CORAL GABLES -- Defensive tackle Dan Sileo will not be allowed to practice until a dispute over his eligibility has been settled, University of Miami officials announced Friday. Sileo, a 6-foot-2, 282-pound senior who bench-presses 585 pounds, demonstrated great skill beating guards last season. With full-squad workouts to begin Monday, he figured heavily in UM`s defensive plans again this year. It appears, however, that he won`t get the chance without first beating a challenge from the University of Maryland, a task complicated by Friday`s developments.

IN PROFILE Title: Pastor of St. Vincent Roman Catholic Church, Margate, with average weekend attendance of about 900 Other job experience: Former associate pastor of three churches in South Florida; former science teacher, University College in Kerala, India. Other community posts: Former academic advisor at University College in Kerala; former member, All India Higher Educational Association for private colleges. Education: Bachelor's degree in physics from St. Berchman's College in Changanacherry; master's degree in physics, St. Berchman's College; doctorate in physics, University of Louvain, Belgium; bachelor's degree in theology, Gregorian University, Rome; Personal: Born and raised in Chirakadawu, India.

IN PROFILE Title: Pastor of St. Vincent Roman Catholic Church, Margate, with average weekend attendance of about 900 Other job experience: Former associate pastor of three churches in South Florida; former science teacher, University College in Kerala, India. Other community posts: Former academic advisor at University College in Kerala; former member, All India Higher Educational Association for private colleges. Education: Bachelor's degree in physics from St. Berchman's College in Changanacherry; master's degree in physics, St. Berchman's College; doctorate in physics, University of Louvain, Belgium; bachelor's degree in theology, Gregorian University, Rome; Personal: Born and raised in Chirakadawu, India.

GAINESVILLE -- When I left South Florida to come to the University of Florida as a freshman almost 40 years ago, it certainly never entered my mind that I would someday be president of our state`s largest and oldest institution of higher education. However, I certainly had concern for my future. I knew I wanted and needed a college degree, and I knew I`d have to work to earn it. My employment on campus enabled me to get my business degree and go on to obtain my law degree from UF as well.

Graduation ceremonies will be held at Lynn University in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Atlantic College in West Palm Beach on Saturday. U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Florida, will deliver the commencement address to 235 Lynn University graduates at 9 a.m. at the Schmidt College Center on the campus. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. The class is the largest in the school`s 31-year history. Carroll D. Stevens, dean of the Yale Law School, will address Palm Beach Atlantic College graduates.

The average South Floridian is getting an invitation this month from a roster of prominent public policy groups: Please come to a nearby college or university campus to debate the United States' role in the world. Not an expert on foreign affairs? That's the point. The local debates are part of a string of 1,650 similar events across the country this month, sponsored by a network of groups spanning the political spectrum. Organizers say they simply want to get people -- not policy wonks -- talking about the implications of the war in Iraq, tensions between the U.S. and the United Nations, and other recent international developments.

From the first day that Charlotte Brown was old enough to enter school, she had always been among the few minority students in her classes. When she became a high school senior, however, Brown decided that college would be different. She chose Bethune-Cookman College, a small, predominantly black school in Daytona Beach. "I had gotten a good education from the schools that I attended," Brown said. "But I felt that I didn`t know enough about my own heritage. I felt that a black college would help to enhance my well-being."

Florida Atlantic University can't yet afford the $2.5 million alumni center supporters envision, complete with a "lighthouse tower" manifesting the university's desire to beckon its graduates back to campus. But the ceremonial shovels and champagne on campus Wednesday signaled FAU's determination to build alumni interest, even if it's still trying to raise another $1.25 million to build the center. Within the past two years, FAU's alumni operation has doubled its staff to five, started a student-alum group and planned an alumni magazine.

The average South Floridian is getting an invitation this month from a roster of prominent public policy groups: Please come to a nearby college or university campus to debate the United States' role in the world. Not an expert on foreign affairs? That's the point. The local debates are part of a string of 1,650 similar events across the country this month, sponsored by a network of groups spanning the political spectrum. Organizers say they simply want to get people -- not policy wonks -- talking about the implications of the war in Iraq, tensions between the U.S. and the United Nations, and other recent international developments.

Florida Atlantic University can't yet afford the $2.5 million alumni center supporters envision, complete with a "lighthouse tower" manifesting the university's desire to beckon its graduates back to campus. But the ceremonial shovels and champagne on campus Wednesday signaled FAU's determination to build alumni interest, even if it's still trying to raise another $1.25 million to build the center. Within the past two years, FAU's alumni operation has doubled its staff to five, started a student-alum group and planned an alumni magazine.

Graduation ceremonies will be held at Lynn University in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Atlantic College in West Palm Beach on Saturday. U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Florida, will deliver the commencement address to 235 Lynn University graduates at 9 a.m. at the Schmidt College Center on the campus. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. The class is the largest in the school`s 31-year history. Carroll D. Stevens, dean of the Yale Law School, will address Palm Beach Atlantic College graduates.

From the first day that Charlotte Brown was old enough to enter school, she had always been among the few minority students in her classes. When she became a high school senior, however, Brown decided that college would be different. She chose Bethune-Cookman College, a small, predominantly black school in Daytona Beach. "I had gotten a good education from the schools that I attended," Brown said. "But I felt that I didn`t know enough about my own heritage. I felt that a black college would help to enhance my well-being."

CORAL GABLES -- Defensive tackle Dan Sileo will not be allowed to practice until a dispute over his eligibility has been settled, University of Miami officials announced Friday. Sileo, a 6-foot-2, 282-pound senior who bench-presses 585 pounds, demonstrated great skill beating guards last season. With full-squad workouts to begin Monday, he figured heavily in UM`s defensive plans again this year. It appears, however, that he won`t get the chance without first beating a challenge from the University of Maryland, a task complicated by Friday`s developments.

GAINESVILLE -- When I left South Florida to come to the University of Florida as a freshman almost 40 years ago, it certainly never entered my mind that I would someday be president of our state`s largest and oldest institution of higher education. However, I certainly had concern for my future. I knew I wanted and needed a college degree, and I knew I`d have to work to earn it. My employment on campus enabled me to get my business degree and go on to obtain my law degree from UF as well.

Keiser University will offer thousands of its former students free retraining and guarantee its admissions counselors don't misrepresent what the school offers, under an agreement reached Wednesday with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. The resolution ends a nearly two-year investigation into the admissions process of the Fort Lauderdale-based university. Some students accused Keiser and two affiliated institutions of giving misleading or inaccurate information in areas such as costs, accreditation, transferability of credits and federal student loan terms.

Florida Atlantic University's biomedical science program is now its own college, the latest step in the university's effort to build its reputation in the scientific field. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, named for the same benefactor as the College of Science, becomes the university's ninth college. FAU's Board of Trustees approved the change Wednesday. It will offer no new degrees, and the change won't cost FAU any money, said Dr. Michael Friedland, vice president of medical programs and the new dean for the biomedical science college.